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Image Description: a headshot of Siân Berry against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Siân Berry: Alumni Series’ This week’s alumni is Siân Berry, a former Materials Science student at Trinity College who went on to become politically active within the Green Party. Since 2018 she has been co-leader of […]
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Image description: the text ‘Oxford University Liberal Democrats est 1913’ against a background photo of students socialising with an orange tinted overlay and the Student Spotlight logo As a mini series within the ongoing Student Spotlight series, we will be interviewing three student political societies: Oxford University Conservative Association, Oxford University Labour Club and Oxford […]
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Bethan Roberts spoke to Lily Sheldon, Kate Dorkins, and the Oxford Must Act Committee about their work mobilising and campaigning for refugee’s rights in Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic. What is your society and why is it important? Our group is called Oxford Must Act and is a new grassroots movement. It is attached to […]
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IntoGrad is a new organisation working to increase the accessibility of postgraduate study, which has long been an issue. Here we find out more from Emma Lalande and Dom McGann, two postgraduate students studying at Oxford. What is IntoGrad? IntoGrad is a non-profit organisation that aims to demystify the postgraduate application process, and combat the […]
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Image description: the text The Oxford Revue with amber lines against a dark blue background and the Student Spotlight logo We spoke to the Oxford Revue, the University’s long running and well established comedy group about the projects its members are working on, its esteemed alumni and the struggles of performing virtual stand up comedy. […]
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Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open! All applications consist of a written application and following this you may be called to an interview with the new Editors in Chief for Trinity term 2021, Isaac and Natasha. News Team applicants may also be required to send in an example […]
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Image description: a picture of Jenny and a cat at home CW: transphobia The Oxford Student spoke to Jenny Elizabeth Scoones, a third year English student at Mansfield and pop singer/songwriter about her upcoming single, trans rights in the UK and creating art in a pandemic. Your new single, Always Known, comes out on March […]
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Image description: the text Oxford University Conservative Association against a dark blue background and the Student Spotlight logo As a mini series within the ongoing Student Spotlight series, we will be interviewing three student political societies: Oxford University Conservative Association, Oxford University Labour Club and Oxford University Liberal Democrats. To start off with, we spoke […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Amelia Fletcher against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Amelia Fletcher: Alumni Series’ This week’s alumni has had a double career of sorts. In one world, she is a respected economist: former chief economist at the Office of Fair Trading and now Deputy Director at […]
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We spoke to Susmita Dave of People for Womxn* in Philosophy (pwip) and Alicehank Winham of Oxford Public Philosophy (opp) about how their organisations are challenging and changing ideas of how philosophy should be studied at Oxford. Note regarding capitalisation: we use capital letters strategically (who controls and monitors the form of YOUR language?) What […]
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Image Description: Graphic of students protesting with Peace Silly pictured. Reads ‘Artists and Activists featuring Peace Silly’ As part of our Artists and Activists series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Peace Silly, one of the founders of the youth-led non-profit organisation, PeriodLink. Since 2019, PeriodLink has worked to keep young people in the Volta […]
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Image description: a leaf holding a cityscape, and the word nature, with the BSHR logo on a white background. In this student spotlight we’ve spoken to Calista Chong, the chairperson of BSHR, and Ernest, co-founder, to find out more about the publication. What is the Broad Street Humanities Review and why is it important? Calista: […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Grace Blakeley against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Grace Blakeley: Alumni Series’ To start off our Alumni series, I was very excited to speak to Grace Blakeley, a former PPE student at my own college, St Peter’s. A prominent figure on the left in […]
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Image description: the letters TSHA against a white background with the words Turl Street Homeless Action by the side The Oxford Student spoke to Bethan Adams, the president of Turl Street Homeless Action, about the organisation’s work in helping the rough sleeper population around Oxford. What is Turl Street Homeless Action, and why is it […]
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Image description: A blue background with a yellow logo: Jacari. Time to teach The Oxford Student spoke to both Freya Turner, Lead Coordinator for Jacari in Oxford, and Nailah Ranjan, student co-President, about the charity, and their upcoming 65th Anniversary. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of educational inequality had already been strongly felt […]
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Image Description: Graphic of students protesting with Danni Watts pictured. Reads ‘In conversation with Danni Watts’ I first knew Danni through her work with Tabou Disability Magazine, which she founded in 2020 to highlight the experiences of disabled individuals, especially those at university. Danni is currently a third year Law student at St Hugh’s college, […]
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Image Description: Logo of view of the Oxford Radcam and surrounding monuments reading ‘Alumni Series’ The Oxford Student profile Section is proud to announce our Oxford Alumni series! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Oxford Student we are talking to a series of alumni as they reflect on their university days and what they’ve […]
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We spoke to Nicky Crompton, co-president of OxFID, about the forum, and their upcoming conference. What is OxFID? The Oxford Forum for International Development is an annual student-led conference which has been running since 2008. It aims to bring together a wide range of speakers and attendees to engage on some of the most pressing […]
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Image description: A view over Oxford from South Park, with the student spotlight logo overlayed. The Oxford Student is delighted to announce our new Student Spotlight series! Each week, we will be publishing interviews with different student societies and charities – looking at their aims, activities, and how you can get involved. We are excited […]
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